Horsewhipping device



Sept. 24, 1929 EKLUCK 1,729,584

' HORSE WHIPPING DEVICE Fiied March 28, 1929 Patented Sept. 24, 1929 PATENT OFFICE EMIL KLUCK, OF HOWELLS, NEBRASKA I-IORSEWI-IIPPING DEVICE Application filed March 28, 1929.

This invention relates to improvements in whipping devices for teamsters and has for its principal object to provide a means whereby the driver of a team employing a leading team of two or three horses may conveniently whip up any one of the lead team.

At the present time the whipping up of horses in a lead team is accomplished by the use of long whips which require expert handling in order to be efiective and it frequently occurs that the position in which the team may be when the whip is to be used makes it inconvenient to handle such a whip from the seat of the driver.

The present invention contemplates the provision of a frame structure having a pair of relatively widely spaced arms, adapted to be mounted upon the hame of one of the horses of a rear team. Means is carried by the frame whereby a whip socket may be mounted for oscillation and connected at the whip socket with the frame are spring members which normally maintain the socket in upright position.

Control reins passing through supporting bodies carried to the ends of the arms are con nected to the whip socket so that the driver may draw back the whip socket and whip carried thereby against the tension of the springs and upon releasing the same the whip may be swung sharply forwardly in the desired direction for the whipping of a horse.

In the drawing Figure l is a plan view of the whipping device embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 shows the device in front elevation.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken transversly of the front part of the device in the central portion thereof.

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation of the device.

Referring to the drawing in detail wherein like numerals of reference indicate corre- 5 sponding parts throughout the several views,

the numeral 1 indicates the frame structure of the present supporting device which frame, as shown, is of substantially U shaped configuration having the arcuate yoke portion 2 and the spaced substantially parallel arms 3.

Serial No. 350,766.

To the central portion of the yoke 2 is secured one end of a bracket 4 which is depending when the device is in applied position and the lower end of this bracket carries a forwardly and rearwardly extending normally horizontal bar 5 the forward end of which is offset slightly as indicated at 6 and is provided with bolt apertures at each side of the offset. Associated with this offset portion 6 is a clamp plate 7 which is offset intermediate its ends to correspond with the offset 6 and each end of this clamp plate is apertured for the reception of a securing bolt passing through. the apertures of the bar 5. When the device is mounted one portion of a hame on a horse of a rear team is secured by the plate 7 and the forward end of the bar 5, in the offset positions thereof so that the frame 1 will be held in substantially horizontal position with the arms 3 directed toward the rear of the team.

The rear end of the bar 5 is turned as indicated at S to form the fiat downwardly turned portion shown and this portion is pro- 'vided with an aperture 9 through which is ex tended the downwardly and rearwardly curving finger 1O projecting from the lower end'of a whip carrying socket 11, the lower end of which socket is supported upon the flat portion 8 of the bar 5 in the manner shown.

The whip socket 11 carries a whip 14 as shown.

Extending across the inner face of the yoke portion 2 of the frame is an arcuate bumper bar 13, the ends of which are secured to the yoke in the manner shown so that the concave side will be opposite to the concave side of the yoke. Against the outer face of this bumper bar 13 the whip socket 11 presses when the device is set up.

At a point above the socket 11 the whip shaft 14, which is mounted in the socket, has secured thereto a ring 15 in which is connected one end of each of a pair of springs 16. These springs extend downwardly and laterally of the whip shaft and each connects at its other 9 end to the frame adjacent one side thereof as shown in Figure 1.

The flat end of each arm 3 of the frame 1 carries a pulley member 17 and through each of these pulleys there passes an operating rope 18 the forward end of each rope being provided with a snap fastener 19 which engages the whip shaft carrying ring 15.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that when the whipping device embodying the present invention is mounted in position upon the hame of a horse of a lead team where a lead team is used, the whip may be employed to strike any one of the horses of the leading team as desired. For example, if three lead horses are employed the center horse may be whipped by pulling backwardly with an equal amount of force upon each of the rope 18 so if as to incline the whip shaft directly rearwardly which action will tension equally the springs 16 and upon release of the ropes 18 the whip will be snapped forwardly by the springs so that the center one of the lead horses will be struck thereby. A side horse of the lead team may be whipped by pulling unequally upon the control ropes 18 so that the whip socket will be thrown over to one side of the frame to tension one spring only which spring will operate to throw the whip in the proper direction when the rope is released and the socket is returned to it normal upright position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A whipping device of the character described comprising a frame, means for mounting the frame in working position, an oscillatable whip supporting element, and means whereby the whip supporting element may be made to throw a whip forwardly in any one of a number of directions. 7 2. A whipping device of the character described comprising a frame,means for supporting the frame in working position, a whip supporting socket carried by and oscillatable upon the frame, spring members for connection at one end with the shaft of a whip carried in thesocketto extend therefrom in downwardly diverging relation for connection with said frame. laterally of the whip socket, and flexible control means connected to the whip socket for controlling the same from a remote point. i

.3. A whipping device comprising a frame consisting of a relatively long member and a pair of right angularly directed members eX- tending therefrom, one at each end thereof, means for securing said first mentioned member intermediate its ends toand supporting it upon a piece of harness to arrange'the angularly directed portions thereof in substantially horizontal position, a whip socket supporting member oscillatably carried by said frame supporting means, aring member designed for connection with the shaft of a. whip supported in said socket, spring elements each connected at one end to said ring and arranged in convergent relation for connection at its other end to said frame adjacent an end of the first mentioned member, pulley elements carried at the free ends of the angularly directed members, and pull cords each connected at one end to said ring and passing through one of said pulleys.

4:. A whipping device of the character described comprising a substantially U- shaped frame having the yoke portion thereof of elongated contour, and opposing rod of arcuate contour extending across the elongated portion of the frame and secured thereto, means for supporting said frame in horizontal position upon an article of harness, a whip socket carrying member normally arranged in upright position and pivot-ally attached to the frame supporting means and normally abutting one of the arcuate portions thereof, a ring member adapted to enthe shaft of a whip supported in said socket, coil spring members each connected to saidring and the other end connected to said frame adjacent the arm thereof, a pulley member carried by each end of the frame adjacent its free end, and a pair of control cords for the device each passing through one of said pulleys and connected at one end to said ring.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

EMIL' KLUCK. 

